" People love him." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise him as stated by Hammad."
عَنْ شُعْبَةَ غَيْرَ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ وَيُحِبُّهُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ وَيَحْمَدُهُ النَّاسُ كَمَا قَالَ حَمَّادٌ